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Your University, Your City

Since its founding in 1906, Suffolk University has made a commitment to provide its students with unparalleled experiences and opportunities. Explore our unique downtown Boston location, and then consider the many paths your life might take from here.

In the Heart of Boston

Getting Started

We’re excited that you want to learn more about Suffolk, and we think you’ll like what you find. Whether you’re looking into colleges or graduate school programs, we’re eager to help answer your questions and walk you through the application process.

Why Suffolk?

A Community of Learning

As you start your academic journey, you’ll find a supportive network of faculty, staff, and classmates ready to help you succeed. We let you chart the course your education takes, from traditional classes enriched by real-world experiences to research projects, study abroad, internships, and more.

Life As We Know It

Suffolk places you smack in the heart of Boston, with countless activities at hand and unexpected opportunities around every corner. Whether you’re commuting or living on campus, you’ll find yourself making connections and getting involved.

An Extended Family

When you graduate from Suffolk, you join a strong alumni community that will continue to enrich your life. More than 70,000 living Suffolk alumni stay connected with each other and the University, supporting their alma mater—including current students—in a whole bunch of ways.

Andrew Graff, MBA ’93, CEO of Allen & Gerritsen

Whether you're a student-athlete, an alum, or just looking for the latest game times, you'll find plenty of excitement in Suffolk athletics. We believe that athletic participation and competition are important aspects of the college experience. Lessons discovered through athletic participation contribute to success in a student's college years as well as in their future professional and personal experiences.

Invest in Excellence

Each graduate and friend of Suffolk University has the potential to make Suffolk even greater. We encourage giving at every level, with an emphasis on scholarships for a new generation of Suffolk students. Thank you so much for your support.

Research Compliance

Suffolk University is a teaching and research institution committed to promoting the ethical conduct of human subjects research in accordance with the guiding principles outlined in the Belmont Report, the Nuremberg Code and federal regulations codified in the 45 CFR 46 Common Rule under the auspices of the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS). Suffolk University holds a Federal-wide Assurance (FWA) with the Office of Human Research Protections (OHRP) that articulates the institution’s commitment to complying with government, state and local policies governing human subject research.

All research involving human participants conducted under the auspices of Suffolk University requires the independent and prospective review and approval by the Institutional Review Board (IRB). No matter how seemingly benign, the proposed research project must be reviewed by the IRB before relevant work commences. Commencing human subject research before or without IRB approval constitutes non-compliance and may have serious implications for an investigator.

The IRB is available to consult with faculty, staff, or students in the early stages of project development regarding the review process and categories of review.

The IRB is a committee comprised of faculty, staff, and non-affiliated members who are charged with reviewing all human subjects research conducted by Suffolk University faculty, staff and students in accordance with current HHS and FDA regulations and guidelines. The mission of the IRB is to ensure the ethical conduct of human subject research by protecting the rights and welfare of human subjects who take part in such research. In its review of proposed research activities involving human subjects the IRB ensures:

Risks to subjects are minimized

The IRB evaluates whether procedures performed on subjects are consistent with sound research design and do not unnecessarily expose subjects to risk.

Risks to subjects are reasonable

Risks are reasonable in relation to any benefits that might be expected from taking part in a research study and to the importance of the knowledge that may result.

Selection of subjects is fair and equitable

The IRB seeks to determine that no eligible individuals are denied the opportunity to take part in any study, particularly those from which they may benefit, based on an arbitrary criterion such as gender, age or language barriers.

Participation of subjects is voluntary

Planned recruitment and consent procedures will result in voluntary participation and that informed consent will be obtained from each prospective subject or where appropriate, from the subject's legally authorized representative.

Data Safety Monitoring

The research plan provides for monitoring the data collected to ensure the safety of subjects.

Protection of Privacy

There are adequate provisions to protect the privacy of subjects and to maintain the confidentiality of data collected on research participants.

Through the review process and post-approval monitoring the IRB evaluates the integrity of the informed consent process as well as procedures that safeguard the confidentiality of personally identifiable information associated with the collection of data on research participants.